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Archives in London and the M25 area
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Archive Reading Room.Poster for the Official Opening of the Royal Albert Hall,1871Hockey in Himalaya. Frederick Campbell collection
  1. University of the Arts London: London College of Communication: Archive Reading Room.
  2. Royal Albert Hall Archive: Poster for the Official Opening of the Royal Albert Hall,1871
  3. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London: Hockey in Himalaya. Frederick Campbell collection

About AIM25

AIM25 is an educational charity supporting the development of and public access to historical archives held in the London area.

Archives come in many forms, but include old photographs, diaries, maps, sound and film recordings and much more. They are usually unique and irreplaceable and tell many stories about the history of London and the world. Furthermore, many historic archives remain at risk, for example when the owners of collections move home, when buildings are cleared out prior to redevelopment or when organisations run out of space.

AIM25 provides online access to collection level descriptions from the archives of over one hundred and fifty higher education institutions, learned societies, local authorities, cultural organisations and livery companies within the region, for the purposes of research, teaching and public enjoyment.

This work is in progress - new data is always being added, so please visit often to see latest additions.

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Over 100 institutional repositories currently participate in the AIM25 project : Click here for a full list.

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* These tag clouds represent the most popular searches within AIM25 during the past 14 days

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